Fold-collar.



il l) ein JOSEPH MoKAY, OLE TROY, EW YORK, ASSIGNOB, TOHALL, HETWELL SLL'GIVEPANY, OF TROY, NEW YORK, A FIRM COMPOSED 0F WLLIAM L. HALL, J MeKA, JOHN 'D SCHAD, AND BURTON K. "@OODWAB).

Fono-ooms?.

Sneeication'of Letters Tatent.

lla'tentei une FEO, this application. filed Oetoberzx,

T0 all whom. 'it may concern.'

e it known thaty I, Josemi MffKAY, a citiw zen of the United States, residing at Troy,v

ing drawings, and the reference eharaeters' marked thereon, whieh form a part of this sperlleatiim. Similar elsliraeters re't'er to similar parts in the several figures `therein.

ln1 the use of the prevailingr` styles ot toldeollars, ill is customary to wear a scarl or tie whi'fh passes around the neck ot the wearer between the hand and the folded-over top ot the eollar. 'lly the usual manner o1 manulaeture, 'Fold-collars are produced eharaeterized by irregularity and variation in the width ol" spaee between the hand and toldedover top opposite the lower edge of the band along,r the back und sides of theeollar, leavinol at certain points more space than necessary for the tie, 4while -at other points said space is so narrow and restricted as to,

impede the 't'ree sliding movement of the tie in knotting the saine.

This application is a division of an appli` eatiou tiled-.hy nie April 9, 1910, Ser. ilo. 554,390, foi-the manufacture of fold Collars vfor whieh Let-ters Patent were issued November QG, 1912, No. 1,045,724.

lhe principal object of the present inven-V tion is to insure the provision in a told' collar of a tie-spaoe-of substantially unitorin width extending around the hack and sides of the collar between the band and top there of from a point near one end of the cellar to a point near its other end. I have asoertained that this object can be accomplished, by eut-ting in.the manner hereinafter de scribed, the edges of the top and band which are secured together ineompleting the collar.

Other objects will appear in connection with the following description.

Figure 1 of the drawings is aplan View of the top and band of a. folrl-co1lar having their juxtaposed edges out on like lines and adapted to be secured together to term. e

foldseoller embodying liny invention. Fig, Q is a' ottoni 'plan View of a oldeollar einbodying .my invention.

lIn the manufacture of 'fold-collars, the Connected edges of the top and hand are out along lines more or less Curved in Whole vor in part, so that when'thertop 'is folded over and the collar heut to eireulaia ferm, the top and l `rnd diverge downwardly at a greater or less enfile, which angle Varies in diilerent parts ot the saine collar as made by methoffls heretofore employed. .Snell Clive/ig enee 'provides the 'space between the hand and top whieh receives the neelitie. As here totore plfxetised, it has heen customary to ley out he patterns for the longer sizes by pri ,eetrqgjto the proper distance apart, the halves et a pattern for n shortersize, and then n the ,gan along lines approxin flat er varyingumteriall.' 'from the line are iniiiediately adjacent to portion The connected edges of the iep ai'nl'heud or f'ollars out from sue, patterns "wmilffl thus present a nl' z'e or.1v irregular line, heginnii'ig at a puin, near .1.. o end oiithe oollur and ending at a ypoint nearY the other end thereol. ,lt has also been eus-- tommy 1o out the e ige of the ton wl 'ch is eminent v,d with the hund alture` different lines 'lirointhe edge of the hand whieh is eonneeh ed tlffierewilh, in orde? to soeur-e ,greater spring in the Coller, that is, n greater an- 'found to rary niateiiallj.y in the width oi the tie-space in the different sizes of collars,

while in the individual collar, the tie-space is found to vary in widt i nt .Llitl'erent points along the loaell` and side portions of the collars. i have ascertained that. these ohjeow tionalole features een he fnfereonie, by cutting' upon like lines, preferably eres of the saine radius, from s point neer one end of the eeh lar to e, point near the other` eiif'l the oil.l the top ruil hand whieh 4are connected toetl in completing; the collar lite'ferring 'to the drawings 'wherein the inm vention is shown in preferred torni, l is/the top and Q the hand., each ot' which may he made of the usuel number of plies of abrie, The juxtaposed edges oilthe hand sind to as shown in Fig. l, are secured together renown methods in. the 'me' edges of the top upon arcs, 3 and 4, of

and band out respectively the same radius from a point near one end to a point near the other end of each.. 'By varying the radius of these like arcs, any desired degree of divergence can besecured between the top and band'in the completed. collar; and in employing the invention in the manufacture of collars of different heights and lengths, I preferably cut such edge-portions of the tops and bands for collars of different heights upon arcs, the l Vcollars. I1 have shown these juxtaposed{ radii of Which'vary in accordance with the heights of the collars, While for different lengths of collars of the same height,` I employ longer or shorter arcs of the same radius.

In the finished collar folded and bent to circular form, it will be found that the top and band diverge at a substantially uniform angle, providing a tie-space of substantially uniform Wi l1 throughout the extent of the arcs, 3 and il. For the purpose of faeilitating the `adjustment of the scarf or neektie, it l is necessary to provide ample widthof space Q between the band and. the top only at the E back and side portions of the collar; as at the front of the collar, the endsof the collartop are unrestricted by the curvature of the 4collar andy freely yield to the manipulation of the tie. For sightliness, it is desirable in many styles of fold collars to have the endsY of the collar-top sit in as closely to ythe band as 'the tie will permit. To `secure this effect, I preferably out the end-portions of the tops and the corresponding portions of the bands,I which areto be attached thereto, along lines differing from the arcs,

3 and 4, and preferl f collar to a point near the ably reversely curved relatively to said ares, as shown at 5 on the top and 6 on the band7 )vhereby theI angle of divergence between the band and top is greatly reduced, or practically eliminated, at the front of the collar7 whereat reduction in width of tie-space does not materially restrict the ofthe scarf or tie. 'lhe collar will thus have a close Htting front ell'eet, as shown at 7 in Fig. Q, while provided with a, tie-space of substantially uniform and ainple width at the back and sides ol the collar.

lVhat- I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters latent isp l. A fold-collar havingv a top and a band of separate pieces, the connected edge-portions thereofl forni-ed on i lihefuniformly eln'ved lines l'roin a point near oneI end of the other end thereof.

2. A fold-collar having a (op and a band of'separate pieees, the connected edge-portions thereof both formedy on ares'of the saine radius from a point near oneend ol the collar to apoint ,near the other end thereof.

il. A fold-collar havingv atop and a band of separate pieces, the connected edge-portions thereof formed on like lines, .the intermediato portions of each beingr anarc and` tlnl end-portions being,- reversely curved with relation to `said are.'

ln testimony whereof, l. haveherennto set niy hand this 25th day of October, 1912.l

Josnrn'ammr. Witnesses:

JonN J. Ganar, ENSI'GN S. Hommes.

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